Milestone of 100 years in New Zealand

AUCKLAND,
June 16, 2014 – In June 2014, LexisNexis® celebrates a
milestone of 100 years in New Zealand. Starting in 1914,
LexisNexis® Butterworths® opened its first New Zealand
office in Wellington.

LexisNexis® New Zealand, as part
of Reed Elsevier, is an iconic leader in legal publishing
and software solutions with landmark achievements over its
rich, hundred year history which have seen it transcend
traditional print to provide technology and multi-format
content in line with the changing legal industry’s needs.

Over the last century, LexisNexis® has grown to provide
customers with access to over one hundred thousand
searchable New Zealand cases and more than 350 hardcopy,
loose-leaf and digital titles. The evolution of both the
legal industry and legal publishing is remarkable and did
not come without its challenges.

“LexisNexis’®
evolution and indeed success has always been driven by
marrying innovation, quality content and customer needs. The
challenge is to meet present needs and technology while
anticipating what the future will look like,” said Rachel
Travers, Executive Director LexisNexis® New Zealand.

“Who could have anticipated within two years of
Apple’s 2010 iPad launch, that we could have launched
LexisNexis Red®, bringing many bookshelves of Loose-leaf
titles to the compact and mobile iPad”

The legal
industry will continue to evolve and legal solution
providers such as LexisNexis® strive, not just to keep up,
but to lead the change by developing innovative and
disruptive technologies to bring to market that will allow
lawyers to work in a way in which their clients would also
want them to operate.

“At the end of the day legal
information is just a tool; it’s just what’s in the
bucket. The issue is, knowing what to do with the bucket and
which information to access, when. The great thing I love is
that all of this legal information allows you to be
creative, creative to be the best possible advocate you can
be,” said Mai Chen, founding Partner of Chen Palmer and
Author of Public Law Toolbox and Transforming
Auckland: The Creation of Auckland Council as well as
LexisNexis Practical Guidance Employment Law for
Business.

LexisNexis® Pacific COO Dr Marc K Peter is
confident that the company will continue to provide value to
customers over the next 100 years, ‘In alignment with the
evolution of law, we’re introducing new technology
solutions that provide content in context. This will enable
legal and non-legal professionals alike to discover
efficiencies, seize opportunities and access information in
ways not possible in the past.”

[ENDS]

About
LexisNexis® Legal & Professional

LexisNexis
Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of content
and technology solutions that enable professionals in legal,
corporate, tax, government, academic and non-profit
organizations to make informed decisions and achieve better
business outcomes. As a digital pioneer, the company was the
first to bring legal and business information online with
its Lexis® and Nexis® services. Today, LexisNexis Legal &
Professional harnesses leading-edge technology and
world-class content, to help professionals work in faster,
easier and more effective ways. Through close collaboration
with its customers, the company ensures organizations can
leverage its solutions to reduce risk, improve productivity,
increase profitability and grow their business. Part of Reed
Elsevier, LexisNexis Legal & Professional serves customers
in more than 175 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide.

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